Wrist watch adapter



Mwah 31, E936.

G. R. HOUGHTALING WRIST WATCH ADAPTER Filed May 4, 1955 Patented Mar. 31, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE WRIST WATCH ADAPTER Application May 4, 1935, Serial'No. '19,876

8 Claims.

The present invention relates generally to watches and more particularly watches as are carried Vin the upper outside coat pocket in con- 1nection'with la guard of strap or other ornamental V and pleasing form connected at its upper end lthrough the buttonhole of the adjacent lapel 0f lthe coat. -Guards of this nature have up to -the present been limited to use with ordinary pocket or bow watches, but in consideration of their :l1-0 ever increasing popularity-and the fact that many now 'have `wrist watches and would not'consider Afor thispurpose the purchase of a bow watch, my inventionprimarily aims to provide means adapt inga wrist watch'to connection'with, and suspenq, sion from, Va lapel guard.

I furthermore aim to provide such means for the above purpose as will effectively connect with practicallyiallwrist Watches of present-day manufacture, irrespective of the Varying shapes of the cases, and to provide means readily and easily adjustable to watch cases of diierent lengths.

In carrying out these objects I provide wrist watch adapting means consisting of a pair of rigid tubular connecting members for disposition circumjacent the strap or pintle bars commonly a part of wrist watches and extending between the case end lugs with spring extended pintlepins entering openings in such lugs. These bars, ordinarily functioning as connecting means for wrist straps, bracelets and the like, are readily removable by pressing the pintle pins thereof inwardly beyond the case lugs in a well-known manner, thus permitting of the disposition of my connecting members thereon. Since some wrist watches are longer than other, the connecting members of my invention are utilized with means permitting of their adjustment toward ,and away from one another and with means permitting of ready connection of the adapter as a whole to a lapel guard.

In the accompanying drawing, in which relative adjustment of the tubular connecting members follows through several structural modifications, and which drawing forms a part of this specification. 45 Figure 1 is a partial front View showing the practical application of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front view showing the complete assembly of guard, wrist watch and adapter.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through 50 one end portion of the watch case and adapter of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the same adapter partly broken away and in section.

Figure 5 is a front view of a wrist watch and 55 adapter of modified form.

fFigure 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View of a portion of Figure 5, and,

Figure 7 'is a front view of a watch and still another modied form of adapter.

Referring now to Figure l, I have shown a 5 watch guard A connected at its upper end through the buttonhole 4b of the lapel B of a coat adjacent to and above the upper outside pocket C whereby a watch D, for connection with which the lower end of the guard A carries a snap hook a. and a io swivel a', may be safely disposed within the pocket C. The snap hook is usually applied to the -bow of an ordinary pocket watch, but my invenpintle bars I2, as shown in Figure 3.

According to Figures 2 to 4 inclusive my invention proposes a pair of tubular connecting members I3 of a length to extend between the lugs I0 and of an inside diameter adapting them to receive the pintle bars I2 so that the connecting members I3 may be readily secured in position upon removal of the usual wrist strap or bracelet from the watch. These members I3 are securely o fastened by soldering or brazing to the inner faces of curved arms I4, each arm being bendable for adjustment purposes, and each arm having at its upper end an integral eye I5.

The snap hook a, of the guar-d A is placed, as 00 shown, through the alined eyes I5 and thus the two curved arms I4 may be easily moved on the snap hook, as a pivot, to shift the connecting members I3 toward and away from one another to fit watch cases of different lengths. It is obvious a great amount of adjustment is not necessary, but in View of the above and the fact that the arms I4 may be bent so that the members I3 may be maintained parallel to one another in all posii tions of adjustment, my invention plainly enables the adjustment to be easily accomplished.

The same result is obtainable by utilizing tubularconnecing members of the above type with angularly outstanding bars as in Figures 5 and 6 45 where the members appear at I6 with ears II. To these ears the lower outer ends of short chains I8 are connected and the upper inner ends of the chains join a ring I9 for engagement by the snap hook a of the guard.

Again, the same result may be accomplished by securing the tubular connecting members 20 to other juxtaposed tubes 2I in which the opposite ends of a exible or semi-exible element 22 commonly known as a snake chain, are anchored.

1. A guard receiving adapter for wrist watchesv having spaced pairs of end lugs and pintle bars removably in connection with said lugs of each pair, said adapter consisting of a pair of tubular members for disposition between the said lugs and around the pintle bars, and connections between said members of a total length permitting said tubular members to be positioned at diametrically opposite sides of a watch, and of a nature permitting adjustment of said members toward and away from one another to accord with watches of different lengths, said connections including a guard attaching member.

2. A guard receiving adapter for wrist watches having spaced pairs of end lugs and pintle bars removably in connection with said lugs, said adapter consisting of a pair of tubular members positionable on the pintle bars between the lugs, and suspension means, in connection with the outer ends of which said members are adjustable toward, and away from, one another, said connections being of a length permitting said tubular members to be positioned at diametrically opposite sides of a watch and having a guard attaching element centrally between the said outer ends thereof.

3. A guard receiving adapter for wrist watches, consisting of watch attaching tubular members,

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and a pair of curved arms to the lower outer portions of which said members are rigidly connected, the upper inner ends of said arms having overlapping eyes for the purpose described.

4. A guard receiving adapter for wrist watches, consisting of watch attaching tubular members, and a pair of curved arms to the lower outer portions of which the members are secured and inwardly oiset, each of said arms having an eye at its opposite inner end.

5. A guard receiving adapter for wrist watches consisting of watch attaching tubular members, having angular ears at one end, chains connected at one end to said ears, and a ring member to which the opposite ends of the chains are connected. f

6. A guard receiving adapter for wrist watches consisting of watch attaching tubular members, a guard receiving ring, and flexible connections between said ring and said tubular members.

'7. A guard receiving adapter for wrist watches having removable end bars at diametrically opposite sides thereof, said adapter consisting of means positionable circumjacent said end bars, and guard attaching means in connection at the opposite ends thereof with said rst-named means and supporting the latter for adjustment toward and away from one another, said guard attaching means extending along one side edge of the watch from one end bar to the other.

8. A guard receiving adapter for wrist Watches having removable end bars, said adapter consisting of means positionable circumjacent said end bars, and means forming a flexible adjustable connection, secured at its ends to said means and 35 having a guard attaching element intermediate its GUY R. HOUGHTALING. 

